http://www.cnet.com/how-to/add-a-mute-button-to-chrome-tabs/
Useful mainly for Hulu, since hitting the actual mute button during commercials on Hulu isn't the best idea; sometimes the show would resume with the volume off, no matter what you do with the mute button at that point.
Saturday, June 11, 2016
Friday, June 10, 2016
Thursday, June 2, 2016
So it was the cable!
Not-so-fun story:
Some months ago I let my Loopy-modded 3DS fall onto the hardwood floor. I picked it up and I heard something rattling when I shook it. Then I tried the only micro USB cable I could find to test the capture card and I couldn't get a picture to display. Note that this was after my Katsukity Vita capture card didn't want to work on Windows 10 anymore, so I was pretty crushed.
Fast-forward to today and I'm charging everything I know that has a lithium battery. The Dual Shock 4 was last. So I grabbed that same micro USB cable and tried charging it with my laptop. No reaction. I tried charging the DS4 hooked up directly to the PS4 (and the PS4 was turned on, of course). No reaction. The battery indicator wasn't even moving like I saw in a YouTube video.
I went to the living room and found where all the phone chargers were, and I grabbed an unused micro USB cable. And that cable charged my Dual Shock 4! Then I tried it with the 3DS capture card and it worked too!
So I guess the moral of the story is, cables can and do go bad. The cable wasn't frayed or anything. I'd better buy some cables now.
Some months ago I let my Loopy-modded 3DS fall onto the hardwood floor. I picked it up and I heard something rattling when I shook it. Then I tried the only micro USB cable I could find to test the capture card and I couldn't get a picture to display. Note that this was after my Katsukity Vita capture card didn't want to work on Windows 10 anymore, so I was pretty crushed.
Fast-forward to today and I'm charging everything I know that has a lithium battery. The Dual Shock 4 was last. So I grabbed that same micro USB cable and tried charging it with my laptop. No reaction. I tried charging the DS4 hooked up directly to the PS4 (and the PS4 was turned on, of course). No reaction. The battery indicator wasn't even moving like I saw in a YouTube video.
I went to the living room and found where all the phone chargers were, and I grabbed an unused micro USB cable. And that cable charged my Dual Shock 4! Then I tried it with the 3DS capture card and it worked too!
So I guess the moral of the story is, cables can and do go bad. The cable wasn't frayed or anything. I'd better buy some cables now.
Charging PS3 controllers on a laptop
It's the beginning of the month and I'm trying to be good about charging all my lithium-battery-powered devices (gaming handhelds, controllers, and now the Wii U GamePad) so as to prevent permanent capacity loss.
I don't want to turn on the PS3 just to charge the controllers, so I figured I'd charge them on my laptop. You can tell controllers are charging because the red lights are flashing, but now I'm noticing the lights go out after a few seconds. I didn't think they were charging anymore.
The solution is a simple tweak in Device Manager. David D writes,
I don't want to turn on the PS3 just to charge the controllers, so I figured I'd charge them on my laptop. You can tell controllers are charging because the red lights are flashing, but now I'm noticing the lights go out after a few seconds. I didn't think they were charging anymore.
The solution is a simple tweak in Device Manager. David D writes,
Go to your Device Manager and then to your Human Interface Devices section before plugging in your PS3 controller. Then plug in your PS3 controller and you will see "HID-compliant game controller" and "HID-compliant wireless radio controls" be updated to your Human Interface Devices section. Right click and disable "HID-compliant game controller" then unplug and replug in your PS3 controller and it should charge fine.
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